See Also: Meckel(dictionary)
Meckel's band(medicine)
Meckel's diverticulum(health)
meckel diverticulum(medicine)
meckel's diverticulum(medicine)
Meckel syndrome(medicine)
Meckel scan(medicine)
Meckel, Johann F Sr(medicine)
Meckel, Johann F Jr(medicine)
Meckel's space(medicine)

Meckel (iou)



Meckel noun. M19.
[J. F. Meckel (1714-74), or his grandson J. F. Meckel (1781-1833), German anatomists.]
Anatomy & Medicine.
Meckel's diverticulum, a sacciform appendage of the ileum in some individuals; a pathological condition in which gastric acid is secreted by cells associated with this. M19.
Meckel's cartilage, a cartilaginous rod or bar in the mandibular region of a vertebrate embryo, around which the malleus and parts of the jaw arise. L19.